I'm feeling better today. Thanks Hankster for your post and sharing. Thanks all people who sent thank yous and hugs, I appreciate it, makes me feel not alone and all warm, like a group hug. Who would have thought little electronic hugs can do that, but somehow they can.
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Originally Posted by ThingWithFeathers
Do you mind if ask what meds your on? I have 3 out of the 4 MH issues you talk about (ptsd, anxiety and depression), along with others. Triggers are a hard thing to navagate, especially with ptsd and anxiety. Sometimes it can feel your whole life is spent avoiding situations you know will be triggering, staying home in your safe environment, and only venturing out after dark or when no one is around to set in motion a trigger. But, what I wanted to say is that since my meds have kicked in, I have been able to handle triggers so much better, I am aware enough to recognise them and understand what's going on. Interestingly, while I don't have ocd, one of the meds I'm on is sometimes used to treat it. Let me know if you want to know what meds have been working for me.
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Sure, ThingWithFeathers, wouldn't mind exchanging recipes.
So for my part, here's what I'm on: I'm on Paxil for anxiety/depression, low dose risperidone for the agitation when the PTSD or anxiety just takes over and I can't relax at all and I'm suffering too much, and then trazadone for sleep initiation, and clonidine for my crazy heart beats and some other body symptoms like sweating, and finally some anti-seizure med...the name escapes me...which is also supposed to help me sleep (I don't sleep till early in the morning, partly cause when I start to sleep better and sooner, nightmares start and so the PDoc I saw couple months ago thought this might help).
I used to take benzos for sleep but I used them for a couple of years kind of got addicted on them so the withdrawal sucked and I got terrible rebound insomnia, not to mention that after a month or so the medicine had lost its effectiveness anyways and I could not go off of it for that reason. I try relaxation and other methods too, to help me sleep. But sleep is a big part of my issues. If you look at timing of my posts, you'll see I sometimes post in the middle of the night and so that's reason.
Anyhow, I think that covers it but let you know if I forgot something. But it's the side effects that usually worry me especially because we have a very strong diabetes family history, among other things. But main thing is me feeling better, and being able to leave home and start doing something, so if I can somehow feel better, side effects are secondary concern.